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My baby boy is five months old and shows alot of interest in food he doesnty take his eyes off you when you eat and moves his mouth at the same time. He has tried baby rice, rusks and mashed potato and so far has enjoyed them all. I was wondering if anyone else started at this age or waited till 6 months not sure whether to just stop and wait another 6 weeks help!!!!!! :\?

I started on rice at 17 weeks and on veg at about 23 weeks, introduying fruit at about 25 weeks! My lo is now 8 months and a fantastic eater! I was recommended to wean earlier as she was being very sicky as she had a lot of acid in her stomach and needed something for it to digest!

If you do decide to go for it, try it slowly! I started on 1 meal, then 2 after about 3 weeks, and then a week or two before 6 months I introduced a 3 rd meal!

We started weaning at about 22 weeks. Ds never liked baby rice, but once we started on veg and fruit there was no stopping him - he was on 3 meals a day really quickly. I asked the HV if I'd increased to 3 meals a day too soon, but she was very happy with his progress.

If you think your lo is ready, try a little something and see what the reaction is.

Hiya, my LO is 5 months and ive just started him on baby rice. The thing im confused about is how do you drop the milk feeds or should i? When do you still give milk and how much?? Im gonna move him onto fruit and veg instead of baby rice and try that for a week or so to see how he goes. Hes been eating his baby rice no problem. x

I started my LO at 17wks on baby rice for a couple of days which she didnt really like, then carrot, swede, sweet potato, parsnip purees then onto fruit after a week or so, apple, pear, banana. She took to almost everything and at almost 1year eats EVERYTHING!! id say dont wait - they only say 6 months as they like people to breastfeed til then but i bottlefed anyways and sounds to me like your LO is defo enjoying it so dont stop! Good luck - PS i found the Annabel Karmel book great for ideas.

I started at 5 months when Charlotte began refusing her morning milk. I stated slowly with just baby porridge in the morning (she HATED baby rice with a passion) then about 2 weeks later did porridge for dinner too for a few days then moved to pur????e. At just over 6 months we were on 3 meals a day and began working on finger food.

Your lo will lead you on what they like, don't like for example my lo hates baby rice, loves banana but hates how it feels to hold it, hated fruit pur????e, loved chewing on rusks and so on. Just find what works.

As for dropping the milk lo will do it themselves, keep offering as usual. Once on 3 meals a day my lo dropped them very quickly.